Cats and Birds and Stuff

My Journey Begins Here

Well, that sounds as pretentious as fuck, doesn’t it? In reality I’m closer to the end than the beginning - so let’s get on with it.

Badger looking out from its sett in a woodland Watching. Judging. Blogging.

Welcome

I’m Paul Murphy, a retired 71‑year‑old Welshman living in the Italian Alps with a camera, a mug of tea, and three slightly unhinged rescue cats.

This site began as a memoir for my daughter and has grown into a small digital garden, a place to keep the stories that have stayed with me.

No lifestyle hacks here. Just honest pieces, sometimes funny, sometimes darker, often nostalgic, written in the hope they resonate with someone passing through.


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